Redskins' lineman Jon Jansen revised his original claim that "maybe 15, 20 percent" of NFL players use illegal human growth hormones. "What I meant by it was that it was a small number of players ... Being a football player, I'm not real good at math. When you do the numbers, it sounds like a bigger percentage than it really is. I meant it was a small percentage of guys." Whatever the number, it's an issue new commissioner Roger Goodell will have to address sooner rather than later.

FO reader Tom sent along this email earlier today: "The Texans have cut starting DT Robaire Smith, who was on a large salary, and undrafted rookie running back Chris Taylor, who was third on the depth chart. This leaves Houston with two active running backs, with one year of NFL experience between them. However, Smith's bonus acceleration looks like it ought to be about $5,300,000 - he signed a 6-year deal with an $8m bonus in 2004, so this is not going to have freed up cap space for a major addition via trade, like Thomas Jones. To me, this says Ron Dayne will shortly be a Texan.

From Mike Reiss' Boston Globe blog: "The Patriots have acquired Raiders wide receiver Doug Gabriel. The news was first reported by the Oakland Tribune. Gabriel adds to the Patriots' receiving corps, which has been without holdout Deion Branch and injured second-round pick Chad Jackson. The team's cuts should be known around 6 p.m. ET." And the plot thickens...

Really? I swear, I thought this would all get resolved with Branch staying in New England. Anyway, who knows if it is true, but Mike Florio is reporting at PFT that two teams have offered Branch a six-year, $36 million contract. The rumor also says one of these teams is the Jets (aka Patriots South), who have offered the Patriots a second-round pick and "a pretty good player." Since the Jets are going to suck this year, that's one hell of a good pick, practically a first-rounder. Only one problem: who the heck on the Jets is a "pretty good player" who fills a Patriots need?